'Nuncupative' definitions:
Definition of 'Nuncupative'
From: GCIDE
- Nuncupative \Nun*cu"pa*tive\, a. [L. nuncupativus nominal: cf. F. nuncupatif.]
- 1. Publicly or solemnly declaratory. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. Nominal; existing only in name. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- 3. Oral; not written. [1913 Webster]
- Nuncupative will or Nuncupative testament, a will or testament made by word of mouth only, before witnesses, as by a soldier or seaman, and depending on oral testimony for proof. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]